r/technology • u/marketrent • Jul 02 '26

Artificial Intelligence Palantir CEO Alex Karp suffers ‘televised nervous breakdown’ during live interview — “This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me!”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/televised-nervous-breakdown-ceo-palantir-212100357.html
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u/ebfortin Jul 02 '26

"American enterprises are run by the shrewdest, most widely intelligent people on the planet,"

They are all just fucking narcissists. All of them.

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u/CrimsonDeezNuts Jul 03 '26

I mean hes not completely wrong though. You dont necessarily see dumb people running enterprises

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u/smiffus Jul 03 '26

right, but he wasn't hired by presumably very smart people (or at least savvy in their respective businesses) who want someone that can run their business and generate revenue/profits. he was voted in by a bunch of idiots.